New Delhi:
Today is the coldest day of the season in Delhi. The minimum temperature rose from 6.8 degree Celsius on Thursday to 8 degree Celsius on Friday, one degree above normal. The maximum temperature, however, plunged three degrees below normal to settle at 18 degree Celsius.
Met office has predicted thick fog on Saturday morning over the national Capital.
The national Capital and its suburbs were shrouded in a thick cover of fog for the second day today, with over 50 flights and 50 trains affected.
Many accidents and huge traffic jams have also been reported from across the city.
The situation, however, slightly improved towards noon as visibility improved and flights and train schedules slowly recovered.
The fog which descended on the capital on Wednesday night remained for the better part of the day on Thursday and was back again on Friday, hitting air, rail and road travel.
The Met office has predicted that its density and duration will increase.
With visibility on the runway reduced to less than 100 meters in the morning, there were major disruptions in flight and train schedules. Seven domestic flights were cancelled and 39 others were delayed. Two international flights were cancelled and 14 were delayed.
The runway visibility started to drop late Thursday night when fog started to descend on the airport. The general visibility dipped to zero while the runway visibility hovered between 50 to 100 meters, forcing the airport authorities to implement low visibility procedures for flights to operate using CAT-III B instrument landing system (ILS).
Though some landing took place using CAT-III B ILS, which helps an aircraft to land when the runway visibility is around 50 meters, departure of flights started only in the morning when the runway visibility increased to over 100 meters.
According to an airport official, departures would become normal only when the visibility increases to 350 meters.
Train services were also hit with over 50 trains being cancelled. Passengers were stranded in the three major stations in the capital - New Delhi, Old Delhi and Nizamuddin.
International flights cancelled
Domestic arrival delayed
Domestic departure delayed
International arrivals delayed
International departure delayed
Trains cancelled on Friday:
Met office has predicted thick fog on Saturday morning over the national Capital.
The national Capital and its suburbs were shrouded in a thick cover of fog for the second day today, with over 50 flights and 50 trains affected.
Many accidents and huge traffic jams have also been reported from across the city.
The situation, however, slightly improved towards noon as visibility improved and flights and train schedules slowly recovered.
The fog which descended on the capital on Wednesday night remained for the better part of the day on Thursday and was back again on Friday, hitting air, rail and road travel.
The Met office has predicted that its density and duration will increase.
With visibility on the runway reduced to less than 100 meters in the morning, there were major disruptions in flight and train schedules. Seven domestic flights were cancelled and 39 others were delayed. Two international flights were cancelled and 14 were delayed.
The runway visibility started to drop late Thursday night when fog started to descend on the airport. The general visibility dipped to zero while the runway visibility hovered between 50 to 100 meters, forcing the airport authorities to implement low visibility procedures for flights to operate using CAT-III B instrument landing system (ILS).
Though some landing took place using CAT-III B ILS, which helps an aircraft to land when the runway visibility is around 50 meters, departure of flights started only in the morning when the runway visibility increased to over 100 meters.
According to an airport official, departures would become normal only when the visibility increases to 350 meters.
Train services were also hit with over 50 trains being cancelled. Passengers were stranded in the three major stations in the capital - New Delhi, Old Delhi and Nizamuddin.
International flights cancelled
- BA143 London/Heathrow
- BA142 London/Heathrow
Domestic arrival delayed
- IT4316 Jaipur
- 9W2278 Kolkata
- S2106 Mumbai
- SG208 Chennai
- 6E134 Pune
- 9W301 Mumbai
- 9W2327 Chennai
- IC410 Patna
Domestic departure delayed
- IT4375 Jabalpur
- IT3651 Lucknow
- S2101 Mumbai
- SG217 Pune
- 9W2257 Hyderabad
- IT4315 Jaipur
- 9W801 Bangalore
- S2108 Srinagar
- 9W2253 Chennai
- IT4349 Shimla
- IC506 Bangalore
- 9W2213 Raipur
- S26171 Aurangabad
- S2319 Port Blair
- 9W2251 Chennai
- SG301 Chennai
- IT4357 Kullu
- S2107 Goa
- 9W2280 Bagdogra
- 9W336 Trivandram
- SG208 Kolkata
- S2391 Dibrugarh
- IC406 Khajuraho
- SG851 Srinagar
- S2241 Cochin
- IT4305 Jaipur
- 9W2279 Kolkata
- IT231 Khajuraho
- 9W302 Mumbai
International arrivals delayed
- AI311 Hong Kong
- 9W63 Suvarnabhumi
- TK1070 Istanbul
- GF130 Bahrain
- 9W271 Dhaka
- 9W581 Abu Dhabi
- BA257 London/Heathrow
- TG323 Suvarnabhumi
- AI112 London/Heathrow
International departure delayed
- AI310 Hong Kong
- IX143 Doha International
- BA256 London/Heathrow
- HY422 Yuzhny
- 9W264 Kathmandu
Trains cancelled on Friday:
- Nauchandi Express
- Rohtak-New Delhi Express
- New Delhi-Rohtak Express
- Unchahar Express
- Garhwal Express
- New Delhi-Jalandhar Express
- Ambala-Amritsar Express
- Shane-e-Punjab Express
- Delhi-Jind express
- Gomti Express (Delhi to Lucknow)
- Amritsar-New Delhi Shatabdi Express
- Amritsar-New Delhi Express
- New Delhi-Sitamarhi Lichchvi Express
- Lucknow-Saharanpur Express
- Katihar-Amritsar Express
- Jhansi-Lucknow Intercity
- Gaya-New Delhi Mahabodhi Express
- Amritsar-Howrah Express
- Patna Rajdhani, delayed by 10 hours
- Sampurna Kranti (Patna to New Delhi), delayed by 12 hours
- Shramjivi Express, delayed by six hours
- Kashi-Vishwanath Express, delayed by five hours
- Lucknow Shatabdi, delayed by nine hours
- Bhopal Shatabdi
- Neelanchal Express
- North East Express
- Orissa Samapark Kranti Express
- Himalayan Queen
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